About ITHS
ITHS Membership
Should you become an ITHS member?
If you are interested in conducting research that focuses on any aspect of human health or collaborating in any way in translational research you should consider becoming a member. Click on the flowchart icon to the right to help determine if you should become a member.
What are some of the benefits of membership?
- Eligible to apply for all Pilot Projects and other ITHS funding
- Access to all educational programs for you or your staff at minimal or no cost
- Priority usage of ITHS resources
- Access to pre-award biostatistical consults
- Access to research networks
- Access to the ITHS "laboratory"; using resources that the ITHS develops to conduct your own independent research
- You will have a voice to change or modify translational and clinical research systems both locally and nationally
- You will be an active participant in defining and creating resources needed to help your research program
- You will have access to career development programs and assistance
- You will be able to more easily find research partners
- You can help us further develop the aims of the Institute
Are there categories of membership?
There are only two categories of membership; Member and Scholar.
Members are those individuals who are ready to participate fully in the ITHS mission and have a
defined link to translational research projects or issues. Scholars are those individuals who
need help in defining their long term goals, are new to the field, are just at the beginning of
their careers and would like guidance and help in developing their research interests. Also, a
scholar could be a junior faculty member or someone more senior who needs training or who is
beginning research in a new area of translational health sciences.
What are the requirements for membership?
To be a member you have to PARTICIPATE in the main functions of the institute. For members this means to provide mentoring, give a talk about your area of expertise, participate in our grant reviews, or help establish a new program. On the Membership Application there are several areas in which you can choose to contribute to help the ITHS achieve its goals.
To be a scholar you need to identify yourself as a member who would like mentoring and career development training. We will ask you to work with a mentoring team to help you achieve your goals, we will interact with your local mentoring team if you have one, and we ask that you attend special seminars and classes related to advancing your own translational research program.